GB-Lwa W.A.M. 33327

Westminster Abbey, London, England

choirbook fragment: 1st half of 14th century

Archive Westminster Abbey, London, England (GB-Lwa)
Shelfmark W.A.M. 33327
Surface Parchment
Format portrait
Measurements 490 x 370 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: Westm 33327
Notations
  • Long-breve
Relationships
Provenance
  • England
Contents Contains 8 compositions, 8 are anonymous.
General Description

Main contents are some accounts from the time of king Henry VIII and headed by the name John Campyon. A single bifolio, which originally was not from the middle of a gathering, was used as a cover for the 16th century pages from the beginning. Each complete piece is preceded by the word cor (chorus). All 8 pieces are motets, the majority with the characteristically English textless quartus cantus. The first 3 motets are for Christmas;, no. 6 is in honour of St. Thomas Becket; and no. 7 of king Edward III.

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Physical Description

Both MSS were mutilated by rodents at the top left-hand and bottom right-hand side.

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Notation

Long-breve notation: no minims, but groups of 3 semibreves to a single syllable are found occasionally.

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Ruling

12-13 red five-line staves per page

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Foliation

1-2v

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Decoration

Initials are red-blue, and items 2 and 6 bear the original work-numbers in red (25 and 37). Both f. 1 and 2 bear the heading quadruplices in red

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Surface

parchment

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 1: The main contents of this ms are some accounts from the time of king Henry VIII dated from September 29,1516-June 24, 1517 and headed by the name John Campyon. It would appear that the musical bifolio, which dates from the first half of the 14th century and was used as a cover for the accounts, was with the 16th century pages from the beginning. In any case, both mss were mutilated by rodents in corresponding places, namely the top left-hand and bottom right-hand side. The music meas. 49 x 34 cm. and is not the middle of a gathering. The mainly long-breve notation is written on 12-13 red five-line staves per page. There are no minims, but groups of 3 semibreves to a single syllable may be found occasionally. Initials are red-blue, and items 2 and 6 bear the original work-numbers in red, namely 25 and 37. Moreover, both f. 1 and 2 bear the heading quadruplices in red, and each complete piece is preceded by the word cor, which presumably means chorus. All 8 pieces are motets, the majority with the characteristically English textless quartus cantus. The first 3 motets are Christmas ones, no. 6 is in honour of St. Thomas Becket and no. 7 of king Edward III.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 … -ferno cum timore more … clauso pandis utero / per te fides aperit … donex Deum pareres / Spirans odor, flos beate / Kyrie - Anonymous

… -ferno cum timore more … clauso pandis utero / per te fides aperit … donex Deum pareres / Spirans odor, flos beate / Kyrie

Anonymous
Appears on: 1
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 4
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Clef: c3
Voice Text: . . . -ferno cum timore more. . . clauso pandis utero
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Clef: c3
Voice Text: . . . per te fides aperit. . . donex deum pareres
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Spirans odor, flos beate
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin, Greek
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Kyrie
General Note

first part of Tr and Mot lost

Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 175.

1 O nobilis nativitas virgo / O mira Dei misericordia / O decus virgineum casta parit / Apparuit - Anonymous

O nobilis nativitas virgo / O mira Dei misericordia / O decus virgineum casta parit / Apparuit

Anonymous
Appears on: 1
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 4
Voice: cor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: O nobilis nativitas virgo
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: b flat between 1/2
Voice Text: O mira dei misericordia
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: b flat between 3/4
Voice Text: O decus virgineum casta parit
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: b flat between 3/4
Voice Text: Apparuit
Layout

parts
1v O mors, moreris, mors, tu converteris / O vita vera dans gaudia / Mors - Anonymous

O mors, moreris, mors, tu converteris / O vita vera dans gaudia / Mors

Anonymous
Appears on: 1v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 4
Voice: cor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: O mors, moreris, mors, tu converteris
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: b flat between 1/2
Voice Text: O vita vera dans gaudia
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Mors
Voice: Quartus Cantus
Languages: none
Clef: b flat between 3/4
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 176.

2 Pro beati Pauli gloria dat preconia / O pastor patris summi regis gregi / O preclara patrie caelestis bina / Pro patribus - Anonymous

Pro beati Pauli gloria dat preconia / O pastor patris summi regis gregi / O preclara patrie caelestis bina / Pro patribus

Anonymous
Appears on: 2
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: Triplum
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: [Pro beati Pauli gloria dat preconia]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: [O pastor patris summi regis gregi]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: [O preclara patrie celestis bina]
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Pro patribus
General Note

end of Tr and complete T only

Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 177.

Dittmer, Luther A (editor). 1957. The Worcester Fragments: A Catalogue Raisonné and Transcription, s.l. Musicological Studies and Documents, vol. 2.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: [facs.] no. 70.

2 -e ineffabilis potentie / Dona caeli factor, domine / Doce - Anonymous

-e ineffabilis potentie / Dona caeli factor, domine / Doce

Anonymous
Appears on: 2
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 4
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: -e ineffabilis potentie
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Dona celi factor, domine
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Doce
Voice: Quartus Cantus
Languages: none
Clef: c3
General Note

first few notes of highest voice lost

Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 177.

2 Opem nobis, Thoma, porrige / Salve, Thoma, virga justitie / Pastor cesus - Anonymous

Opem nobis, Thoma, porrige / Salve, Thoma, virga justitie / Pastor cesus

Anonymous
Appears on: 2
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 4
Voice: cor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Opem nobis, Thoma, porrige
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: b flat between 3/4
Voice Text: Salve, Thoma, virga iustitie
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c5
Voice Text: Pastor cesus
Voice: Quartus Cantus
Languages: none
Clef: c3
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 177.

2v Ave, miles, de cuius militia / Ave, miles, o Edwarde / Ablue - Anonymous

Ave, miles, de cuius militia / Ave, miles, o Edwarde / Ablue

Anonymous
Appears on: 2v
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 4
Voice: cor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Ave, miles, de cuius militia
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: Ave, miles, o Edwarde
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c4
Voice Text: Ablue
Voice: Quartus Cantus
Languages: none
Clef: no clef
Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 178.

2v Psallat chorus in novo carmine / Eximie pater egregie, rector / Aptatur - Anonymous

Psallat chorus in novo carmine / Eximie pater egregie, rector / Aptatur

Anonymous
Appears on: 2v
Number of voices: 3
Voice: Triplum
Languages: Latin
Clef: c1
Voice Text: Psallat chorus in novo carmine
Voice: Motetus
Languages: Latin
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Eximie pater, egregie rector
Voice: Tenor
Languages: Latin
Clef: c3
Voice Text: [Aptatur]
General Note

Opening of Tr and Mot only

Layout

parts

Item Bibliography

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: (26), [facs.] plate 178.

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
-e ineffabilis potentie / Dona caeli factor, domine / Doce Anonymous 2
Ave, miles, de cuius militia / Ave, miles, o Edwarde / Ablue Anonymous 2v
O mors, moreris, mors, tu converteris / O vita vera dans gaudia / Mors Anonymous 1v
O nobilis nativitas virgo / O mira Dei misericordia / O decus virgineum casta parit / Apparuit Anonymous 1
Opem nobis, Thoma, porrige / Salve, Thoma, virga justitie / Pastor cesus Anonymous 2
Pro beati Pauli gloria dat preconia / O pastor patris summi regis gregi / O preclara patrie caelestis bina / Pro patribus Anonymous 2
Psallat chorus in novo carmine / Eximie pater egregie, rector / Aptatur Anonymous 2v
… -ferno cum timore more … clauso pandis utero / per te fides aperit … donex Deum pareres / Spirans odor, flos beate / Kyrie Anonymous 1

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Apfel, Ernst. 1959. Studien zur Satztechnik der mittelalterlichen englischen Musik. 2 vols. Pages: I, 26f, 42, 45f;.

Dittmer, Luther A. 1959. Publications of Mediaeval Musical Manuscripts V: Worcester Add. 68, Westminster Abbey 33327, Madrid Bibl. Nac. 192. Publications of Mediaeval Music Manuscripts, vol. 5.  Brooklyn: Institute of Mediaeval Music. Pages: 71ff (complete facsimile of the Westminster music); 17f, 75ff (transcription of nos. 1-3 and 5-7); 13ff.

Dittmer, Luther A (editor). 1957. The Worcester Fragments: A Catalogue Raisonné and Transcription, s.l. Musicological Studies and Documents, vol. 2.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: no. 70 (transcription of no. 4 after Wore).

Rokseth, Y. 1935+1939. Les Polyphonies du XIVe siecle. 4 vols. Pages: I-II, no. 60 (facsimile and transcription of no. 8 after Mo); IV, 262.

Anglès, Higinio. 1931. El Còdex musical de las Huelgas. 3 vols. Pages: II-III, no. 123 (facsimile and transcription of no. 8 after Hu); I, 282.

Ludwig, Friedrich. 1923. Die Quellen der Motetten ältesten Stils. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 5: 185-222, Vol. 5 (1924) 273-315. Pages: 203. 301.

Ludwig, Friedrich. 1910. Repertorium organorum recentioris et motetorum vetustissimi stili. I. Catalogue raisonné. 1. Handschriften in Quadratnotation.  Halle: Niemayer. Pages: 395.

Aubry, Pierre. 1908. Cent Motets du XIIIe siècle. 3 vols. Pages: I-II, no. 30 (facsimile and transcription of no. 8 after Ba); III, 76.

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